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Authorities have felled 26 pine trees along Prenn Pass in Xuan Huong-Dalat Ward, Lam Dong Province, after prolonged heavy rain raised the risk of trees falling onto the road.

A Chinese national subject to an international wanted notice for a fatal assault case has been arrested in Haiphong and handed over to authorities in China.

An 83-year-old man has been found alive in a forest in Ha Tinh Province after six days missing, surviving with little food or water.

Thousands of university students are expected to take part in a nationwide competition aimed at improving public understanding of road traffic laws and promoting safer road use in Vietnam.

At least two people were killed and five others injured after a passenger coach collided with a motorcycle and overturned on a road in Gia Lai Province on September 23.

Heavy rain flooded Bui Vien walking street and several roads in central HCM City on September 23, disrupting traffic and leaving some vehicles stranded.

Health authorities have detected multiple bacterial strains in food samples linked to a suspected food poisoning incident that sent 46 people to hospital in Quang Tri Province.

A resident in Nghe An Province has handed over a five-kilogramme python to local authorities for release into the wild.

A Chinese passenger was reunited with a Rolex watch worth about VND 1.6 billion after airport security officers traced him shortly before his flight departed from Danang.

HCM City police have broken up a large-scale fake gas production and trading ring that allegedly put more than 500 tonnes of gas, equivalent to about 42,000 12-kg cylinders, on the market.

A fire that destroyed a wooden house in Lam Dong Province has claimed the lives of a woman and her two young children, authorities said.

Torrential rain is forecast across parts of central Vietnam on Wednesday, with some areas expected to receive more than 250 mm and face heightened risks of flooding, flash floods and landslides.

HCM City is forecast to see more heavy rain through September 25 as high tides add to flood risks in low-lying areas following days of widespread downpours.

Expanding the search at a construction site within a bank branch in Quang Tri Province, teams recovered six more martyrs' remains.

Heavy rain flooded several major roads in Phu Quoc Speical Zone on Monday evening, disrupting traffic and daily life, with further downpours forecast over the next two days.

A 36-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle was struck by a train while crossing an unofficial railway passage in Danang on September 22.

Dong Thap authorities have found the remains of 71 war martyrs from a durian orchard that was once the site of a wartime cemetery.

More than five million HCM City residents have received health checks or screenings, with coverage among children and students reaching 77.1 per cent.

A 300-tonne house in Xuan Phu Commune, Dong Nai City is being lifted and relocated intact to make way for a road linking to Long Thanh International Airport.